Posted on 06/22/2004 9:09:04 AM PDT by presidio9
MALE tennis fans were distraught to hear pin-up Anna Kournikova won't be playing at Wimbledon this year.
But now they have three other reasons to tune in to the action at the All England club to see a trio of Russian babes waiting to take over Anna's crown as the top babe in tennis.
But unlike Anna, below, whose looks are far more impressive than her results, these girls are real contenders for the title.
Raven-haired Anastasia Myskina is sure to wow the crowds.
The 23-year-old is the number two seed, second only to Serena Williams.
But while her ability on the court is not in question, her efforts to be taken more seriously than Anna suffered a setback recently when pictures emerged of her topless, posing astride a horse.
The next smasher who'll be setting male fans' hearts aflutter is 23--year-old blonde Elena Dementieva.
Seeded ninth, she started playing aged 10 and trained with Anastasia at Moscow's Spartak Club.
The pair are used to playing competitively when they trained together, the loser would have to pay for the post-match pizza.
The third member is Maria Sharapova. A svelte six-footer from Siberia, the 17--year-old is seeded 15.
Fiercely patriotic, Maria finds it easy to get motivated for big games, saying: 'Drive and determination hail from my Russian blood.'
Meanwhile, weather forecasters warned that today's opening matches in the tournament could be washed out.
They were predicting heavy showers as the sunshine of recent weeks give way to clouds.
Britain's Alex Bogadnovic, 20, is due to face top seed and defending champion Roger Federer on Centre Court today.
But Lucy Verasamy, of the PA WeatherCentre,said: 'Monday looks quite bright in the morning with a few scattered showers. In the afternoon, there will be more showers and some could be heavy enough to stop play.'
She added that the rain looked set to keep falling on Tuesday when Tim Henman, 29, is due to start his campaign against little-known Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo.
Which solidifies his position as the # 1 monumental sports flop.
Everybody on the planet will still know who Kournikova is.
Perhaps some will recall her success in doubles tennis (look it up), or she may remain famous for her wealth and beauty.
In any event, Anna has had far more success as a professional athlete than has Ryan Leaf.
Yes they do where short skirts for a living... NOT for men to gawk at and make comments about. If they wanted that then they would have pictures posted on a different kind of website
dammit...
sorry but my skills are lacking... I tried!
I cannot even access that page now?????
Yeah, they'd probably have risque photo spreads in GQ and pose naked on horseback and stuff. Oh wait, they do .....
Lighten up, Francis.
then go look at them there and feel sorry for them because they feel they need to sell out
You forgot to place this little thing > at the end of your html.
"In any event, Anna has had far more success as a professional athlete than has Ryan Leaf."
No dispute from me on that score.
I have a very large client down in Birmingham AL. Whenever I go down there for a meet and greet, I stay at the Embassy Suite's Hotel.
Apparently Leaf stayed there while having some work done on his knee (I think it was his knee). There had been some news about him in the papers, might have been when he quit the NFL....the staff at the hotel HATED HIM with a passion you rarely see. They went on and on and on about how rude he was to everybody, from the maids to the bar tender that worked inside the Ruth Chris Steakhouse in the hotel.
I mentioned it to the cab driver the next day...and he told me he picked Leaf up a couple of times, and that he was a major league "a$$hole".
Seems its a unanimous opinion across the entire country.
"Any of you HOMOS touch me... and I'll kill ya."
Would you two Nancy-boys mind very much staying on topic?
"Would you two Nancy-boys mind very much staying on topic?"
No problem....the much hyped Anna is terrible in bed. She just lays there, doing P/E ratios while staring at the ceiling.......
Serena Willams is flat-out unattractive. Period.
You better not look at this then....
This apparently isn't the website I thought it to be. You all are just a bunch of immature, unintelligent, chauvanists who claim to be conservative but are really a bunch of porn freaks with nothing intelligent to say.
All you do is gawk at womens chests, asses, and apparently think they are only good for one thing.
Bwahahahahahaha
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